Barnes lack of set plays

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i understand Barnes philosophy of letting talent spread its wings and create opportunity through motion offenses. it seems to work during the regular season but after watching his teams the last few years and watching Chicago Loyola today, i dont understand why Barnes does not have a few set play that have high percentage of success in crunch time. i agree with other posters that we lack the shooters needed to win in the NCAAT but the teams that advance through the tourney seem to have a few go-to plays that they rely on for a big bucket or to stop the clock and go to the free throw line. that being said, i would of liked to have seen more crunch-time set plays for Pons, whether it be working thru Pons at the top of the key to create back-door cut pass / lob or using him in the triangle as the designated pass off the block or post move to create an And-1.
 
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Those set plays tend to work more often when you have a true PG running the show and have shooters who can punish teams for sagging in too deep

Right now teams dont have to respect our shooters and or worry too much about penetration from our PG. You need space to make optimal use of those plays and teams dont fear our shooting or penetration enough to give us that space.
 
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I think Vescovi kills it at the two spot. He's currently trying to run point due to Barnes not having a true PG. If they have a real PG, run set plays to get Vescovi in open space he will knock em down.... He's rushing now to get his shot off.
 
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When your best offensive players are freshmen or inexperienced players, it is more difficult to run set plays. I think Barnes was frustrated that they weren't doing what he asked, out of timeouts. So, I think he just gave up on set plays.

This was just a strange year, and Barnes didn't have the luxury of experimenting with lineups and set plays like he would have in a typical season.
 
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jackieaprilesr said:
i understand Barnes philosophy of letting talent spread its wings and create opportunity through motion offenses. it seems to work during the regular season but after watching his teams the last few years and watching Chicago Loyola today, i dont understand why Barnes does not have a few set play that have high percentage of success in crunch time. i agree with other posters that we lack the shooters needed to win in the NCAAT but the teams that advance through the tourney seem to have a few go-to plays that they rely on for a big bucket or to stop the clock and go to the free throw line. that being said, i would of liked to have seen more crunch-time set plays for Pons, whether it be working thru Pons at the top of the key to create back-door cut pass / lob or using him in the triangle as the designated pass off the block or post move to create an And-1.
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I'm no coach, unless you count me as a couch coach, but, I've been puzzled why we didn't run set plays for Springer from 3. On the season, he was over 40% from 3 range.
 
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jackieaprilesr said:
i understand Barnes philosophy of letting talent spread its wings and create opportunity through motion offenses. it seems to work during the regular season but after watching his teams the last few years and watching Chicago Loyola today, i dont understand why Barnes does not have a few set play that have high percentage of success in crunch time. i agree with other posters that we lack the shooters needed to win in the NCAAT but the teams that advance through the tourney seem to have a few go-to plays that they rely on for a big bucket or to stop the clock and go to the free throw line. that being said, i would of liked to have seen more crunch-time set plays for Pons, whether it be working thru Pons at the top of the key to create back-door cut pass / lob or using him in the triangle as the designated pass off the block or post move to create an And-1.
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Offense? Offense? We do defense at UT fella. Only so many hours in the day to waste them on offense. You obviously won't assimilate so I'm done with you. Go sit next to that Walker kid and stay quiet.
 
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jackieaprilesr said:
i understand Barnes philosophy of letting talent spread its wings and create opportunity through motion offenses. it seems to work during the regular season but after watching his teams the last few years and watching Chicago Loyola today, i dont understand why Barnes does not have a few set play that have high percentage of success in crunch time. i agree with other posters that we lack the shooters needed to win in the NCAAT but the teams that advance through the tourney seem to have a few go-to plays that they rely on for a big bucket or to stop the clock and go to the free throw line. that being said, i would of liked to have seen more crunch-time set plays for Pons, whether it be working thru Pons at the top of the key to create back-door cut pass / lob or using him in the triangle as the designated pass off the block or post move to create an And-1.
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Watching the tourney shows you how structured well coached teams operate. UT was not one of those teams.
 
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Roustabout said:
Watching the tourney shows you how structured well coached teams operate. UT was not one of those teams.
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The competition in the SEC isn’t forgiving if building a roster full of 2 and 3 stars that stick around for 4 or 5 years. That is a mid-major advantage.
 
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